Chapter 57

Question 1

cui denique commisit, quo adiutore usus est, quo socio, quo conscio,

Answer 1

Finally, to whom did he entrust (the matter), whom did he use as an assistant, whom as ally, whom as accomplice,

Question 2

cui tantum facinus, cui se, cui salutem suam credidit?

Answer 2

to whom did he entrust such a great crime, to whom (did he entrust) himself, to whom (did he entrust) his safety?

Question 3

servisne mulieris? Sic enim obiectum est.

Answer 3

To the slaves of (that) woman? For that is how the charge was presented.

Question 4

et erat tam demens hic cui vos ingenium certe tribuitis,

Answer 4

Yet was the defendant, to whom you certainly attribute intelligence,

Question 5

etiamsi cetera inimica oratione detrahitis, ut omnes suas fortunas alienis servis committeret?

Answer 5

even if you disparage him in everything else in (your) hostile speech, so mad as to entrust all his fortunes to someone else’s slaves?

Question 6

at quibus servis (refert enim magnopere id ipsum)?

Answer 6

But to what sort of slaves? (For this point is itself highly significant)?

Question 7

iisne, quos intellegebat non communi condicione servitutis uti,

Answer 7

To the sort (of slaves) whom he knew do not live according to the normal condition [os slavery],

Question 8

sed licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere?

Answer 8

but lived with the mistress too wantonly, too freely, too familiarly?

Question 9

quis enim non videt, iudices, aut quis ignorat, in eius modi domo in qua mater familias meretricio more vivat,

Answer 9

For who does not see this, judges, or who is unaware that in a house of that sort, in which the female head of the family lives after the fashion of a harlot,

Question 10

in qua nihil geratur quod foras proferendum sit,

Answer 10

in which nothing is done which is fit for publication outside,

Question 11

in qua inusitatae libidines, luxuries, omnia denique inaudita vitia ac flagitia versentur,

Answer 11

in which unusual lusts, excesses and, in short, every kind of unheard-of vices and scandals go on,

Question 12

hic servos non esse servos, quibus omnia commitantur, per quos gerantur,

Answer 12

that here the slaves are not the kind of slaves, to whom all things are entrusted, through whose agency they are carried out,

Question 13

qui versentur isdem in voluptatibus, quibus occulta credantur,

Answer 13

who indulge in the same pleasures, to whom these secrets are entrusted,

Question 14

ad quos aliquantum etiam ex cotidianis sumptibus ac luxurie redundet?

Answer 14

to whom a considerable amount from the daily expenses and luxurious living abundantly flows?

Question 15

Id igitur Caelius non videbat?

Answer 15

So, wasn’t Caelius used to seeing that?

Question 16

cui denique commisit, quo adiutore usus est, quo socio, quo conscio, cui tantum facinus, cui se, cui salutem suam credidit?

Answer 16

Finally, to whom did he entrust (the matter), whom did he use as an assistant, whom as ally, whom as accomplice, to whom did he entrust such a great crime, to whom (did he entrust) himself, to whom (did he entrust) his safety?

Question 17

servisne mulieris? sic eni, obiectum est.

Answer 17

To the slaves of that woman? For this is how the charge was presented.

Question 18

et erat tam demens is cui vos ingenium certe tribuitis, etiamsi cetera inima oratione detrahitis ut omnes suas forutnas alienis servis committeret?

Answer 18

Yet was this man, to whom you certainly attribute natural talent, even if you disparage him in everything else with (your) hostile speech, so mad as to entrutst all his fortunes to someone else’s slaves?

Question 19

at quibus servis? refert enim magnopereid ipsum.

Answer 19

But to what sort of slaves? For this point is itself highly significant.

Question 20

eisne, quos intellegebat non communi condicione servitutis uti, sed licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere?

Answer 20

To the sort (of slaves) who he knew do not live according to thr normal condition (of slavery), but lived with the mistress with greater license, liberty, familiarity?